The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09
FOREIGN.

The Bank of England has advsnd ed Its dis
count rate from 3 to 4 peer cent.
The German Gazette says: The czsr and
Emperor William have arranged to meet o:
D4niz:g.
The action OF the government in proclaini.s
snc National Land league was sustained by
parliamentary majority of 70.
The president on Friday appointed Alex
amber McCue, Of New York, present solicitor
# the treasury, to be commissioner Of fish
aud fisheries, to succeed the late Prof. Baird.
In consequence of the Ill treatment of Jtws
at Nargorod, Gen. Baronof has sent cir. u's,s
to the authorities ordering them to adopt
stringent measures against the violators Of
the law, and to guarantee Safety to all SUBJ
jccts Of the czar, without distinction.
The Russian mission which rscantly went
10 Kashgar has been compelled to return to
Knox, aud the members OF the mission &c
outraged public opinion in Kashgarby insult
ing Mohammedan women that o riot againss
the Russians was provoked in which several
t,ussisns were killed.
There is now on deposit In the treasury
1900, GOO belonging to the Fidelity bank, of
Cincinnati, which failed recently. Conptrol-
Ter Trenholm states that he expects the
amount to reach q, COO, 0U0 before the first of
next month. THIS amount will, Of course, be
applied to the claims Of creditors.
Iii vote ON Gladstonc's motion in reference
Ia, %;,n S,voo1ouno4{on thn ~ N.x(oocl on...
in the commons Friday evening nine Liberal
Unionists supported Gladstone, ana seven
teen other members Of the party were absent
and Impaired. Gladstone has gorct0 Hewar-
den.
Prot. Joseph j. Skinner, Of the Massachu.
sets institute Of technology, has been elected
to the chair of civil engineering In the state
university of Iowa City, la. L. G. Weld was
cheated to the position Of acting professor OF
mathematics and astronomy in place OF Prof.
Butts, resigned.
Prince Ferdinand has received kilograms
from both the sultan md the car. The mes.
sage of the sultan is moderate in tone, but
states that the princes assumption of the
Bulgarian throne was an Illegal act and con
stitutes o breach Of tho Berlin treaty. The
cz arts communication is decidedly impers.
tive. 1t declares that Russia %disapproves OF
Prince Ferdinand's action and deems It q
gross violation of the treaty.
The pleasure steamer Mohican, owned by
the Clarks, Of Paisley, Scotland. arrived q.
Halifax at mid"ight Sunday from Clyde, after
a terrific passage Of twelve days. at noon
the Mohican fell in with the ship Lillian, Of
ST. Johns, N. B., which had been rendered u
complete wreck during the previous days
storm. The crew Of seventeen men, besides
the captain and wife and stewardcss. who
were clirgIng to the helpless ship, were taken
off. The Lillian was abandoned 800 miles
e asst of Halifax.
Paymaster Watkins, United States navy.
has been sentenced to. three years. imprisen.
nent at hard lsoor at San Francisco. Dur.
i'g.his Imprisonment he will recaive onc-halt
tuslough pay, and at the expiration of his
sentence lie will be di. mis- ed from the scryi.c,
Watkins was titled on board of his chip. the
Ossipce, at Yokohama, and found guilty of
fraud. cinhsz zlenient, desertion and other
oiIsns.s. As psynlaeter he was entitled to
$50 per year, aad he has been drawing nav
at the rate of 1922 per year since his sentence.
Under the auspices Of the Liberal league
and the Radical and Irish Temperance club. a
procession containing 1000 men marched to
Trafalgar square Saturday night to listen TO
speeches IN lenuuclatton Of the governments
action against the Irish National lca.,e.
Fonr platforms mad been erected, aud from
these four speakers addressed tie multitude
simultaneously. Among tue orators were
Messrs. Biggar, Nolan, Quinn a Shirley.
memhers of parliament, aud Soc!slts. leade
Norris. A resolution, dsnounclrg The p.oc,a
nation Of the League, was carried by scc,aIna.
ton.
aThe Herald building at Montreal was
burned TO the ground last Wednesday. night
for the second time within five years. Ii was
OF cold stone, five stories high. The whole
fire brigade was summoned, snd the building
was literally flooded with water aud the
flames, after mach difficulty, were subiued.
The flames leaping W. up into the all
caused the greatest alarm among uptown
residents who thought the whole business
part OF the city was bling destroyed. The
building cost e6s.0oa. The Herald Printing
company loses it, whole plant, valued at:
$4,000. on which there is very lite insui.,
auce. The ground door via 0crunA,d "a,